I used to taste everything then start with least favorite and go to best taste. I found I over-ate when I did this though so I switched. Favorite first, save a bite or two, go to the others and when I start to feel full eat the saved bites. :) I get the same outcome and I don’t have to be rolled away from the table afterwords.

I always start with what I like least, to what I like best… eating only one thing at a time. It’s rare that I take a bite of something else in the middle. I need to follow krose’s advice. Why the hell fill up on the stuff that’s not your favorite first, only to get full by the time you reach the favorite? But that’ll change 25 years of eating habits for me. LOL

I feel so validated now. I thought I was such a weirdo for how I eat.. I mean, I watch other people and they all seem to eat everything at an even pace. I try a bite of everything and work my way from least tasty to most tasty. Vegetables are usually first, I know I have to eat them, so I want to get them out of the way so I can move on to something yummier.

I hate to be the one that come sin and gets all technical, but there’s actually a “right” way to eat your food, and it’s called Food Combining (creative name, I know). Basically it says that starches and proteins never go together and only get paired with veggies (so no steak and potatos, meat and bread, etc.). Same with fats… never pair with starches or other fats and only with veggies.

Eat all veggies first and the main dish second and you’re good to go. The reason is that your body digests things in order of ease. Obviously spinach is easier and quicker to digest than say chicken.